Religious studies

Here you will find all the resources identified by our tutors as useful for the study of this subject, arranged in ascending alphabetical order. Browse the tiles and descriptions to discover if there are any resources of interest to you, or click on any of the keywords to see resources sorted by more in-depth topics.

Religious studies (V620): Identification and classification of religions and the comparative study of the world's religious traditions.

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Title	Description	Keywords	Full details
Poems from Ibn 'Arabi's Diwan	A selection of poems in English translation from the Diwan of Ibn 'Arabi - covering a variety of styles and ranging from 4 single-line poems (...	Islamic mysticism, Sufi poetry, Ibn 'Arabi	view
Niyazi Misri poems	Four poems by Niyazi Misri, in a new translation by Stephen Hirtenstein.		view
The Chinese and Greek Painters	Two alternative versions of the story from Muhammad al-Ghazali and Ibn 'Arabi	Islamic Mystical Poetry	view
Islamic Mystical Poetry booklist	This is a booklist covering all five weeks of the course, with suggested reading for each of the four poets as well as a brief general...	Sufi poetry, Islamic mysticism	view
‘Through the Gains of Industry we promote Art’: George Dawson’s Civic Gospel and the architecture of the Improvement Scheme, Matthew Key	This essay explores two artefacts from late Victorian Birmingham; a period in which the city went through remarkable transformation, culminating...	19th century, Victorian England, Unitarian	view
Kirmani poems	A selection of 4-line poems or quatrains (ruba'i) by Kirmani on different themes (repentance, Sufi path, lover and beloved, and union and the...	Kirmani, Sufi poetry, Islamic mysticism	view
The Symbol of the Nightingale	A paper by Professor Luce Lopez-Baralt of the symbolism of the nightingale in the poetry of St John of the Cross, and its origins in Islamic...		view
Week 1:Texts	Some quotations on the theme of reflection within Islamic thought, and the text read in class; The Chinese and Greek Painters, from Rumi's '...	Islamic Mystical Poetry	view
Week 2: Texts	'The Meeting with the Simurgh' from Conference of the Birds', in the translation by Dick Davies and Afkahm Darbandi (Penguin,1984)	Islamic Mystical Poetry	view
Some 17th century clerical jokes from Nicholas Le Strange's Jest Book	Some 17th century clerical jokes from Nicholas Le Strange's Jest Book, published as Nicholas Le Strange, Lippincott, Merry Jeasts, 1974...	Religious history, Humour, The Church of Enga, Clergy, 17th century	view

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